The h-index: A case of the tail wagging the dog?

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 774-783

  Burrell, Quentin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citation distribution; Geometric distribution; H Index profile; Non linear equations; Publication citation process; Quasi h index

Indexed keywords

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); PUBLISHING;

CITATION DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY-BASED APPROACHES; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; H INDICES; MAIN BODIES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84882803511     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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